Government continues talks with Toyota over local manufacturing future

Toyota appears a step closer to securing federal government support to produce a third model at its local manufacturing operations in Victoria.

Industry Minister Greg Combet confirmed the government is in the process of developing “a range of measures” to guarantee the manufacturing future of the Toyota’s local vehicle production, according to Fairfax media.

“At the moment I am working with Toyota on a set of measures as well and we are confident of their future in manufacturing,” Combet further told the ABC.

Toyota has made clear its intentions to expand local production to a third vehicle past the currently produced Camry, Camry Hybrid and Aurion since late last year, with a business case for a locally-made SUV being discussed.